Enrollment
184
Middle
DISTRICT 260 · STATE 464
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DUMAS SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050550000261
DUMAS MIDDLE SCHOOL
315 S COLLEGE STREET, DUMAS, AR 71639 · (870) 382-4476 · Desha County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL184 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 9% of Arkansas public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Arkansas public middle schools
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
184 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 70%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 58 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 61 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 65 | 35% |
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 61% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
DUMAS MIDDLE SCHOOL→DUMAS HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within DUMAS SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
14.7%
AR avg 34.9% . +0.4pp since 2023
Math
12.9%
AR avg 38.9% . +4.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 15 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 14.7% | 12.9% |
| 2023-24 | 14.3% | 8.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3+4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: ATLAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
14.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.7%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% typical for Arkansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Arkansas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like DUMAS MIDDLE SCHOOL
DUMAS MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (14.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUMAS MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 184 | 100.0% | 14.5% |
| LAKESIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL LAKE VILLAGE | 190 | 100.0% | 20.1% |
| OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL OSCEOLA | 221 | 98.6% | 10.7% |
| BLYTHEVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL BLYTHEVILLE | 172 | 100.0% | 11.5% |
| KIPP:DELTA COLLEGE PREP SCHOOL HELENA | 163 | 100.0% | 26.7% |
| FORREST CITY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL FORREST CITY | 270 | 100.0% | 22.6% |
Matched among Arkansas middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where DUMAS MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.5% | #193 of 207 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.9% | #191 of 208 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 14.7% | #193 of 208 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 184 | #195 of 217 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #12 of 210 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.8% | #19 of 114 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
184
-99 (-35%) vs 2020
-68% since 1990-91, when it was 580
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
was 10.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 184 | 18.1 | 10.2:1 | 100% (184) |
| 2023-24 | 215 | 19.4 | 11.1:1 | 100% (214) |
| 2022-23 | 236 | 22.6 | 10.4:1 | 100% (235) |
| 2020-21 | 283 | 28 | 10.1:1 | 100% (283) |
| 2017-18 | 248 | 29.7 | 8.4:1 | 32% (79) |
| 2015-16 | 335 | 30 | 11.2:1 | 80% (268) |
| 2010-11 | 336 | 34 | 9.9:1 | 79% (265) |
| 2000-01 | 413 | 43 | 9.6:1 | 74% (305) |
| 1990-91 | 580 | 28 | 20.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DUMAS MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About DUMAS MIDDLE SCHOOL
DUMAS MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle-grades school with a street address in DUMAS, Arkansas. School enrollment was 184 students in 2024-25, in grades 6 through 8. For comparison, middle schools in Arkansas average about 464 students.
DUMAS SCHOOL DISTRICT is the district for DUMAS MIDDLE SCHOOL. It has 4 schools and 1,039 students.
At 79%, Black students outnumber all other groups at DUMAS MIDDLE SCHOOL combined. After that, the student body is 11% Hispanic and 9% White. Among all residents of Desha County, the Black share is about 49%. DUMAS MIDDLE SCHOOL has a diversity index of 35%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Dividing enrollment by its 18.1 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 10.2:1. Among middle schools in Arkansas, the typical ratio is 13.9:1. Eligible students account for 100% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. Across public schools in Desha County, the average is about the same, 100%.
DUMAS MIDDLE SCHOOL is graded D by allk12, scoring above 9% of Arkansas public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On BeatsExpectations, DUMAS MIDDLE SCHOOL is 8.2 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Arkansas schools.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Desha County show that median household income is about $37,662, about 13% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 20% of residents are in poverty. DUMAS MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 7 public schools in Desha County, which together enroll about 2,160 students.
The next-closest public school is CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.3 miles away. In all, 3 other public schools sit within five miles of DUMAS MIDDLE SCHOOL. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, DUMAS MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 6th on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Town: Remote. That means it sits in a town far from an urbanized area.
The student count in 2024-25 was 184, 35% below the 283 of 2020-21.
The discussion area below is open to posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Desha County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
10,786
Census ACS
Median income
$37,662
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
13%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
20%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
2,160 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DUMAS SCHOOL DISTRICT
- REED ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 368 students
- DUMAS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 266 students
- CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 221 students
Other schools in DUMAS
- REED ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 368 students
- DUMAS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 266 students
- CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 221 students
Nearby schools
- CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.3 mi · 221
- REED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 368
- DUMAS HIGH SCHOOL1.1 mi · 266
- CONNER MIDDLE SCHOOL17.5 mi · 248
- MCGEHEE HIGH SCHOOL17.6 mi · 326
- MCGEHEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL18.5 mi · 547
Frequently asked questions
About DUMAS MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is DUMAS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
DUMAS MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 184 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does DUMAS MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
DUMAS MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at DUMAS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 10.2:1 students per teacher at DUMAS MIDDLE SCHOOL.
How diverse is DUMAS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
DUMAS MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 9% White, 11% Hispanic, 79% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is DUMAS MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
DUMAS MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of DUMAS SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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